Bedside Reading
Bedside Reading Podcast
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A medical humanities podcast where we explore themes from fiction, memoir and other non traditional non-textbooks which help to make us better at what we do.
Hosted by Dr Tara George, a GP and medical educator, in each episode a different guest explores a book that has changed their practice. Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social Facebook or Instagram @bedsidereadingpodcast. If you'd like to recommend a book or to come on the podcast as a guest please email: [email protected]. Episodes hosted by Tara George, edited by Levi Gee
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S12E9 The Revenge of The Tipping Point
Send us Fan MailIt's a real pleasure today to welcome back Sarah Marwick, GP and Portfolio Career Doctor, to talk about Malcolm Gladwell's The Revenge of the Tipping Point. Malcolm Gladwell is such a…
S6E8 6 1/2 Days in the City
Send us Fan MailI've got a special episode today as part of June 2026, Pride Month. A warm welcome to Isaac Grivalja We're talking about his debut novel, Six and a Half Days in the City, which is a…
S12E7 Cutting for Stone
Send us Fan MailWhen I first really started thinking about medical humanities, torytelling and "accidental CPD", about 14 years ago, I set up the Chesterfield Medical Humanities Book Club, which is…
S12E6 Art Cure - Creative Health Special
Send us Fan MailCreativity and Wellbeing Week runs from 18th - 24th May 2026. So this week I am bringing you an episode which is all about creativity in health, basing our conversation on the…
S12E5 Radical Candor
Send us Fan MailKim Scott's Radical Candor had been on my to-read pile for years. I have no idea what it was that was stopping me picking it up. So I was delighted to be given the nudge by the very…
S12E4 Shattered Lands
Send us Fan MailA warm welcome back today to Greater Manchester GP, Zalan Alam. Today we are talking about Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple, which is an incredibly readable and very accessible,…
S12E3 Sociopath
Send us Fan MailA really warm welcome to neurodevelopmental forensic psychiatrist Claudia Camden-Smith today, where we're talking about Patric Gagne's memoir, Sociopath.This is such an interesting…
S12E2 These Heavy Black Bones
Send us Fan MailI'm really, really delighted today to be talking to Selina Flinders about an absolutely wonderful book, These Heavy Black Bones, by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.This is a memoir…
S12E1 Born at the Gates of Hell
Send us Fan MailWelcome to season 12 of the podcast!!! What a season I've got lined up for you this time round. We are starting today with an astonishing book written by an astonishing woman and it…
S11 Easter Break
Send us Fan MailI'm taking a little break from recording podcasts over Easter, and I'm really excited that I'm actually going away for a few days. I've got a lot on my to-read pile, which I'm going…
S11E21 Between Two Worlds
Send us Fan MailA warm welcome today to Ellen Basuk and Daniel Schoonover, the authors of Between Two Worlds, a wonderful mother-son memoir of Daniel's mental health difficulties and diagnosis at the…
S11E20 Welcome to the Shitshow
Send us Fan MailI'm delighted to welcome Shannon Ivey to Bedside Reading today. We are talking about her wonderful memoir, Welcome to the Shit Show, her story of being diagnosed with stage 3 bowel…
S11E19 The New Age of Sexism
Send us Fan MailSunday 8th of March was International Women's Day and so today, Tuesday 10th is our special International Women's Day themed episode where I am talking to Charley Baker about the…
S11E18 The Let Them Theory
Send us Fan MailI think that there is sometimes a bit of snobbery around genres of books. The self-help market is huge. It's there for a reason but I think sometimes those of us who really enjoy…
S11E17 Dream Count
Send us Fan MailI'm not entirely sure whether Anita and I have really even scratched the surface of a discussion about Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We've both acknowledged that Chimamanda…
S11E16 Poor
Send us Fan MailPoor by Katrina O'Sullivan is a book which has really, really stayed with me. I listened to it as an audiobook and I could not stop listening. I think it helps that Katrina has a…
S11E15 The Birds
Send us Fan MailI love it when a guest approaches me and says, "please, can I talk about this book?" especially when it's a book that I've never, ever come across before. And today is one of those…
S11E14 Burnout Free Working
Send us Fan MailI'm really pleased today to welcome Dr Richard Duggins to Bedside Reading to talk about his book, Burnout Free Working.We know that burnout is incredibly common in all professionals,…
S11E13 The Citadel
Send us Fan MailI always enjoy talking to my guests about books. Sometimes I don't enjoy the book they've chosen. Often I am surprised by how much I have enjoyed something that I wasn't expecting to…
S11E12 Olive's Day
Send us Fan Maili've had the best fun setting up and recording today's podcast with Caryn Price and Georgina Benger. We are talking about a book that they have written together called Olive's Day. We…
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Bedside Reading has published 236 episodes since November 2021, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Bedside Reading is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 35m.
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